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Dance study puts people with Parkinson's on the front footBrisbane researchers have proven that a community dance program can improve the health and wellbeing of people living with Parkinson's disease.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-03-people-parkinson-front-foot.html
Parkinson's & Movement disordersWed, 04 Mar 2015 08:40:02 EDTnews344676731New online database tracks wellbeing of US childrenThe Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy (ICYFP) at Brandeis University's Heller School for Social Policy and Management has launched the first nationally comprehensive, interactive online database for tracking and analyzing the wellbeing and equity of U.S. children across racial and ethnic groups.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-03-online-database-tracks-wellbeing-children.html
HealthThu, 13 Mar 2014 08:23:46 EDTnews313917812Too much weekly sport seems to be as bad as too little for teen wellbeingToo much weekly sport seems to be as bad as too little for teen well-being, suggesting there's an inverted U shaped relationship between the two, finds research published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-11-weekly-sport-bad-teen-wellbeing.html
HealthWed, 20 Nov 2013 18:30:01 EDTnews304178917Study reveals higher levels of control and support at work increases wellbeingResearch from Queen Mary University of London reveals positive aspects of working life – such as high levels of control at work, good support from supervisors and colleagues, and feeling cared for – support higher levels of wellbeing among Britain's workers.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-11-reveals-higher-wellbeing.html
Psychology & PsychiatryWed, 20 Nov 2013 10:08:47 EDTnews304164514Why video games make healthy stocking stuffersDon't feel guilty for stuffing Sonic in the Santa sack - video games can be good for your children's mental health.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-11-video-games-healthy-stocking-stuffers.html
Psychology & PsychiatryFri, 15 Nov 2013 09:40:05 EDTnews303728135Study provides snapshot of Perth happinessNew research findings from Murdoch University are providing a glimpse into how the people in Perth are feeling about their lives.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-11-snapshot-perth-happiness.html
HealthMon, 04 Nov 2013 11:09:35 EDTnews302785761Study carried out on ninety-year-olds reveals the benefits of strength training as physical exerciseAfter doing specific training for 12 weeks, people over the age of 90 improved their strength, power and muscle mass. This was reflected in an increase in their walking speed, a greater capacity to get out of their chairs, an improvement in their balance, a significant reduction in the incidence of falls and a significant improvement in muscle power and mass in the lower limbs. These are some of the outcomes of the study recently published in the journal Age of the American Ageing Association and which was led by Mikel Izquierdo-Redín, Professor of Physiotherapy at the NUP/UPNA-Public University of Navarre.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-09-ninety-year-olds-reveals-benefits-strength-physical.html
HealthFri, 27 Sep 2013 06:28:07 EDTnews299482069The pursuit of hopefulness in entertainment mediaHas a movie or TV show ever left you feeling happy or uplifted about your own life? Entertainment media provides a wealth of emotionally evocative content, but relatively little attention has been paid to the subject of media creating positive emotions, and specifically, hope. In a recent study entitled "The Pursuit of Hopefulness: Operationalizing Hope in Entertainment Media Narrative," published in Routledge Journal's Media Psychology, author Abby Prestin researches the effects of hope and underdog characters in entertainment media.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-09-pursuit-media.html
Psychology & PsychiatryMon, 23 Sep 2013 09:00:01 EDTnews299143975Study reveals benefits of wishes on seriously ill children and their parentsNew research has shown that schemes that grant children with a life threatening illness a special wish have a positive impact on their and their family's wellbeing.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-09-reveals-benefits-ill-children-parents.html
PediatricsTue, 10 Sep 2013 11:35:26 EDTnews298031718Detention harms even the strongestEven the most resilient asylum seekers who spend more than six months in detention risk mental illness, new research has found.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-07-detention-strongest.html
Psychology & PsychiatryFri, 26 Jul 2013 12:39:48 EDTnews294061177Federal report shows drop in proportion of children in US population(Medical Xpress)—The number of children living in the United States declined slightly, as did the percentage of the U.S. population who are children, according to the federal government's annual statistical report on the well-being of the nation's children and youth. The percentage of children living in the United States who are Asian, non-Hispanic increased, as did the percentage of children who are of two or more races, and the percentage of children who are Hispanic. The percentages of children who are white, non-Hispanic, and black, non-Hispanic declined.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-07-federal-proportion-children-population.html
HealthMon, 15 Jul 2013 06:00:01 EDTnews293083637Singing could be a cost-effective way to improve the health of people with degenerative lung diseaseGround breaking research, carried out by Canterbury Christ Church University, has found that group singing can improve the health and quality of life of people living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-07-cost-effective-health-people-degenerative-lung.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesFri, 12 Jul 2013 08:00:03 EDTnews292832365Gender separation in psychiatry(Medical Xpress)—Results in a study of Australia's first women-only psychiatry ward at The Alfred have been published in the prestigious Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-gender-psychiatry.html
Psychology & PsychiatryMon, 03 Jun 2013 08:00:01 EDTnews289462397Women with unintended pregnancy are more likely to suffer from postpartum depressionWomen with unintended pregnancy are four times more likely to suffer from postpartum depression at twelve months postpartum, suggests a new study published today in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-women-unintended-pregnancy-postpartum-depression.html
Obstetrics & gynaecologyTue, 07 May 2013 19:00:02 EDTnews287161457Green spaces may boost wellbeing for city dwellersNew research published in the journal Psychological Science has found that people living in urban areas with more green space tend to report greater wellbeing than city dwellers that don't have parks, gardens, or other green space nearby.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-green-spaces-boost-wellbeing-city.html
Psychology & PsychiatrySun, 21 Apr 2013 20:00:01 EDTnews285766148Are antidepressants overprescribed?Antidepressant prescriptions in the UK have increased by 9.6% in 2011, to 46 million prescriptions. Does this reflect overmedicalisation or appropriate treatment? Two experts debate the issue on BMJ website today.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-antidepressants-overprescribed.html
Psychology & PsychiatryTue, 22 Jan 2013 18:30:07 EDTnews278098216Prion protein hints at role in aiding learning and memoryScientists from the University of Leeds have found that the protein called prion helps our brains to absorb zinc, which is believed to be crucial to our ability to learn and the wellbeing of our memory.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-prion-protein-hints-role-aiding.html
Medical researchTue, 16 Oct 2012 11:00:10 EDTnews269601498Fish oil key in preventing sarcopenia in the elderly?Presented last week at the British Science Festival, a new study by University of Aberdeen scientists will examine if the consumption of fish oil combined with weight training exercises could help protect the elderly against muscle deterioration.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-fish-oil-key-sarcopenia-elderly.html
HealthMon, 10 Sep 2012 07:50:01 EDTnews266481562Wide circle of friends key to mid-life wellbeing for both sexesThe midlife wellbeing of both men and women seems to depend on having a wide circle of friends whom they see regularly, finds research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-wide-circle-friends-key-mid-life.html
HealthWed, 22 Aug 2012 18:30:01 EDTnews264874775Zurich children's hospital lifts ban on circumcision A Swiss hospital announced Friday that it has lifted a moratorium on religiously-motivated circumcisions imposed in July in the wake of a court ruling in neighbouring Germany.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-zurich-children-hospital-circumcision.html
OtherFri, 10 Aug 2012 07:45:34 EDTnews263803528Training character strengths makes you happyAnyone who trains character strengths increases their sense of well-being, a large-scale study conducted by a team of psychologists from the University of Zurich has concluded. It proved for the first time that this kind of training works. The largest impact was evident in training the strengths "curiosity," "gratitude," "optimism," "humor," and "enthusiasm."http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-character-strengths-happy.html
Psychology & PsychiatryThu, 14 Jun 2012 10:47:10 EDTnews258889605Researchers undertake radical new cancer survivorship studyResearchers from the Macmillan Survivorship Research Group (MSRG), at the University of Southampton, have developed the first study of its kind looking at the experiences and needs of people after primary treatment of colorectal cancer.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-radical-cancer-survivorship.html
CancerThu, 17 May 2012 11:38:55 EDTnews256473403Health and happiness: Measuring wellbeing in Huntington’s disease(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists at the University of Reading have designed a new tool which could significantly aid research and management of an incurable brain disease affecting thousands of people.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-health-happiness-wellbeing-huntingtons-disease.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesFri, 09 Mar 2012 07:28:14 EDTnews250500458Self-affirmation may break down resistance to medical screeningPeople resist medical screening, or don't call back for the results, because they don't want to know they're sick or at risk for a disease. But many illnesses, such as HIV/AIDS and cancer, have a far a better prognosis if they're caught early. How can health care providers break down that resistance?http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-self-affirmation-resistance-medical-screening.html
Psychology & PsychiatryWed, 21 Dec 2011 16:45:12 EDTnews243708269Heart health impacts wellbeing of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseA new study has found that processes that control heart rate play an important role in the quality of life experienced by patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The study, which was published in the journal Respirology, indicates that heart-related treatments may improve the wellbeing of some individuals with COPD.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-heart-health-impacts-wellbeing-patients.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesFri, 14 Oct 2011 10:32:09 EDTnews237807114Is there a link between obesity, chronic illness and bullying?Children who are overweight or obese are more likely to be victimised by bullying when compared to children who are not overweight.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-link-obesity-chronic-illness-bullying.html
HealthWed, 06 Jul 2011 03:15:17 EDTnews229140891Americans aren't hitting their prime till after 65Whether you are a twentysomething, Gen Xer or Baby Boomer, the older crew has an edge on you, according to new research.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-americans-arent-prime.html
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